Secondary School Admissions

Jaiden_2

Ahh right, thanks for the explanations

shykins

thanks silvercar will know his placement in list on thur/fri when the results come out,.. i refuse to see the local comp as a backward step and am biggin it up to him so hes as happy to go there as he would of been to grammar

its mad we live 10miles from grammar (nearest comp is 7miles) and dont have a place and yet some who will have an hour or so travelling have places.. not that i would want mine to travel that far which is why we only put down the close grammar rather than any other



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busiscoming2

Got our letter son got second choice school, not surprised really, but have phoned the 1st choice school for appeal pack - it's worth a try. Waiting for him to come home now, I know he will be devastated!

Gingham_Ribbon

Originally Posted by silvercar

The vast majority of people posting on this thread about their school allocation have already made a decision not to home school and hence their application. Throwing in the idea that you can home school as a reaction to not getting the school of choice is naive.

There is nothing naive about choosing to home school rather than send your children to an unsuitable school.

Yes, I've applied for a school. Two in fact, though the second is heavily over subscribed so I doubt he'd get a place. My third choice is to home school.

It's very straightforward. I think the school I have applied for can provide a good education and I think he'd enjoy being there as it has a good atmosphere, likewise with the one I don't think he'd get in to.

My third choice is to do it myself as the other local schools are in my opinion not going to provide the quality of care that I can. If that is what it takes then bring it on. I'm more than capable.

Savvy_Sue

3KIDSNOMONEY wrote: »

how do you go about home schooling - do you have to follow a curriculum and can it be done temporarily until a place comes up at your chosen school. I am not the cleverest and i really want my daughter to mix at a school but if the only option was the school near me then i would be forced to seriously consider it.

It's not something to be undertaken lightly but if you search the boards for home school then we have discussed it before. I would do a nifty search for you myself but not up to it right now, sorry.

Likewise I agree with the poster who said to try not to do down the school they have been offered if it wasn't your first choice, either at appeal or to your child. yes, your child may be devastated at the thought of not getting into the same school as all their friends, but as parents we can make a difference to their attitudes and expectations.

Plus, some schools take a long while to recover from a poor reputation, while others take a long while to lose a good one. The school my boys are at has a good reputation, but it does not suit all children and some parents won't touch it with a bargepole.

ka7e

Thank goodness my kids are all over school age now.
But for those of you who haven't got their 1st choices, remember that the situation may be quite fluid over the next few weeks. Until everyone has accepted their offers at your preferred school, nothing is etched in stone. Eventually, some schools may be offering places to "2nd choice" families who have already accepted places at their 1st choice school. Some schools that are only borderline oversubscribed, find they have surplus places when all the appeals are over.
My local Comp finds that, under oversubscription rules, they end up with an intake of roughly one third each of 1st, 2nd and 3rd choices when they would much rather have a majority of "1st choice" pupils.

rumpelstiltskin_2

Becles- what happens now when it's your younger sons turn to apply for secondary school? Will he get in cos he will have a sibling there or not?

Becles

My eldest son was in category 7 on the admissions policy, which is children from a feeder school with a letter of support from the parish priest (or other faith leader).

Category 8 is pupils from a feeder school with a sibling already in the school. You don't need a letter of support for this category.

My youngest will be applying under category 7 assuming the priest will do a letter for him, as there is no advantage for having a sibling in the school.

Penny-Pincher!!

Both niece and friends son passed their 11+ and got into the grammar schools they wanted:j :j :j :j

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Smi1er

olgadapolga wrote: »

I am so glad that my family will never have to go through this anguish.

My children are home-educated and at least they will be able to spell correctly! My DD has music lessons at the local school, in the Maths block; as I waited for her today I watched a teacher preparing lessons and was horrified to see him spell "centre" incorrectly - four times. Makes you wonder what the other standards are like in schools!

Yes, all very well, but Children don't just go to School to be educated. They also go to develop socially and grow as people. Something you can not teach at home